Law Enforcement Jobs in Nigeria

Overview

Governments in many African countries have committed to the goals of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). However, financing and strengthening health systems to deliver on these commitments and address SRHR inequities has remained a challenge. Many factors including, poor resource mobilization and utilization, onset of COVID-19; the pandemic have strained both domestic resources for health and health systems, making it harder for the increasing numbers of poor and vulnerable people to access sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services as part of an essential package of primary health care (PHC) services. Nigeria has some of the world's worst development and health outcomes. One in 34 women will die due to maternal health causes, and family planning needs are met for only 35.7 percent of women aged 15-49. The needs for SRHR are very high, with its maternal mortality rate ranked the fourth highest worldwide according to the World Bank in 2017 and will likely only increase with Nigeria's population set to double from 200 million in 2019 to 400 million by 2050. Although Nigeria guaranteed health insurance (the Basic Health Care Provision Fund) through federal law in 2014, each state is responsible for delivering and ensuring access to health care and services. Health insurance coverage remains limited, mainly reaching only those who are employed in the formal economy and leaving an estimated 70% of people paying out-of-pocket for health services.

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), is providing technical assistance to governments in Sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen health systems for SRHR and UHC that are resilient to current and future challenges and that meet the needs of these vulnerable populations. CHAI aims to address financial, management, and delivery constraints that prevent people from seeking care and affect health systems’ ability to provide quality, gender responsive services. In Nigeria, we work closely with governments of Kaduna, Kano and Rivers states to meet the needs of the vulnerable populations. Part of our long-term strategy for sustainable health financing is to develop a health financing revenue generating model that consolidates all sources for SRHR service delivery as part of the broader PHC service package in the program states. The program will support the State Health Insurance Agency (SHIA) and the State Primary Health Care Board (SPHCB) to implement these strategies to improve enrolment as well as allocate increased domestic funds to purchase SRHR and other PHC services with the aim of reducing out of pocket spending.

CHAI’s overarching goal is to accelerate regional progress towards UHC and SRHR, by strengthening health systems to sustainably increase equitable access to quality, integrated PHC and SRH services. CHAI’s work supports governments to :

• Define priorities, inclusive of integrated PHC and SRHR, and link priorities to resource allocation.
• Mobilize external and domestic resources for these priorities.
• Extend financial protection through pooling and pre-payment systems that are responsive to vulnerable groups including women, adolescents, children, and especially the poor
• Improve efficiency, equity, and accountability in how available funds are managed and used to pay for prioritized services; and
• Identify and address management and systems constraints to integrated, gender responsive, quality PHC and SRHR; constraints that persist even after policies, plans, and financing are in place.

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated and resourceful individual as a Senior Analyst to support CHAI Nigeria’s primary health care financing program. The Senior Analyst will be based in Kaduna state and work with a dynamic team of people with diverse backgrounds from CHAI’s Nigeria country office. The Senior Analyst will report to the Senior Program Manager, PHC Financing.

1] Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa : a framework for action. (2016) Washington, . : World Bank Group.

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